Pyroclastic material from the Upper Triassic deposits of Sassenfjorden, Spitsbergen

Pyroclastic material of a rhyolite type is present in some thin layers in the upper part of the De Geerdalen Formation in the Sassenfjorden area. This is the first evidence of late Triassic (Norian.Rhaetian) volcanic activity in Svalbard.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Polar Research
Main Authors: Chlebowski, Roman, Wierzbowski, Andrzej
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2010
Subjects:
Svalbard
De Geerdalen
Sassenfjorden
Polar Research
Sassenfjord*
Spitsbergen
Online Access:https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2546
https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v1i1.6971
Description
Summary:Pyroclastic material of a rhyolite type is present in some thin layers in the upper part of the De Geerdalen Formation in the Sassenfjorden area. This is the first evidence of late Triassic (Norian.Rhaetian) volcanic activity in Svalbard.

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